The FAA will make its entire Bird Strike database available for public this Friday, April 24. Portions of the database have been publicly available since the information was first collected in 1990, but the public will now be able to access all of the database’s fields.

The FAA is also withdrawing a proposal to protect the data, after a 30-day comment period closed earlier this week. The FAA has determined that it can release the data without jeopardizing aviation safety.

Over the next months, the FAA will make significant improvements to the database to improve the search function and make it more user-friendly.

The FAA also plans to work with the aviation community to find ways to improve and strengthen bird strike reporting.